Parker Bros. 1890 NH 10 Gauge 61155

[Tad Tadlock]

I joined the forum a few days ago. Reading up on this site convinced me to put this old Parker on layaway. A good smith that I trust has already checked her over and said that she is safe to fire.

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She appears to be in the same configuration as when she left the factory in 1890.

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It looks that way to me, anyway.

What say, y'all?

[wayne goerres]

Gun looks to be in decent shape and has nice bores. Nice find.

[greg conomos]

Lots of loss of the forearm wood (no checkering) but still a nice gun.

[wayne goerres]

She has been hunted but its an honest gun.

[charlie cleveland]

nice 10 ga. these big tens are lots of fun you can load up your own shells or rst has several differant loads...charlie

[Mike Franzen]

Congrats on getting a great gun. If you're a hunter you have a mighty companion to take to the fields. Myself and many others here regularly use these big guns for their intended purpose and will vouch for their effectiveness. I would have the floor plate screws looked at. They should be aligned parallel running north south. They might just be in the wrong holes. Let us know how she shoots.

[Pete Lester]

The short ten is a lot of fun to shoot, reloading for them is very simple once you are set up for it. Your gun looks to be a solid example. How much does the gun weigh? 3 frame gun weights vary. What is the bore diameter and choke constriction in each tube? What are the stock dimensions? Finding a short ten with "modern" dimensions can take some searching, the hammerless 10's were built in an era when shooters liked a lot of drop. Solid, honest short tens have become harder to find. Congrats.

[Craig Larter]

I have big fun shooting and hunting with my big 10's. If the gun's drop at comb is to much for you I have found the "accu-riser" comb riser from Leatherman works great. I have a couple of guns with 1 7/8" drop at comb and I shoot them much better with the comb riser. It is a great product in my opinion.
The number of 10 gauge addicts seems to growing every year----welcome and enjoy your big gun.

[Tad Tadlock]

I appreciate y'all taking the time to look at and comment on my soon to be new to me Parker. I don't think that I did too bad for $650 out the door.

On the floor plate screws, should I check how tight they are and then if they are tight take them out and see if they align better when swapped? I need to investigate proper disassembly before I just start taking out screws. I would use appropriate screw drivers. I have a set.

I haven't had the chance to weigh the gun. The smith told me that the chokes were full and full. I don't know the exact dimensions on the stock. I am a fair sized fellow and it felt good and seemed to fit me pretty well as far as I could tell with actually shooting the gun.

Once I get her home, I'll clean her up and take some better photos and measurements.

I am pretty proud to have a Parker. When I was younger my great grandmother used to keep an old Parker that had belonged to my great grandfather behind the door of her bedroom. I got in trouble for looking at it more than once. When I was a teenager, I used to clean it for her once in a while. She told me that gun would come to me. I was stationed overseas when she passed and no one knew what happened to that old gun.

I have always hunted but I only recently owned doubles when I started Cowboy Action Shooting. I plan on shooting her at least occasionally in some cowboy matches and getting my Everett Hitch on. I know he had an 8, but I reckon I'll get by with a 10. :)

As soon as I can get her off of layaway and get some ammo, I definitely plan on shooting her and taking her hunting. I looked at RTS and Buffalo Arms. They both want want about $3 a round for store bought ammo. I might have to get a couple of boxes just to have a little ammo on hand until I get set up to reload for 10 Gauge.

I sure wish that Magtech made those $1 brass hulls like they do for all the other gauges. The cheapest new ones that I can find are the Parker Bros. marked ones at Track of the Wolf for $7.49 each. I think having some brass hulls would be some serious style points at a CAS match. So I may have to break down and buy a few. :cool:

I reckon that I need to get a MEC and a short kit for it. There doesn't seem to be many other options.

[Bill Murphy]

What a great gun. The best of Parkers for all around shooting and hunting. Yeah, buy a 600 with a short kit. The alternative is to use sub gauge adapters with extractors. Either way, they are great guns and you have one of the good ones.

[CraigThompson]

What a great gun. The best of Parkers for all around shooting and hunting. Yeah, buy a 600 with a short kit. The alternative is to use sub gauge adapters with extractors. Either way, they are great guns and you have one of the good ones.

Or you can order a Ponsness Warren LS-1000 and send them an additional $40 to do whatever it is they do to make it 2 7/8" compatible . OF course the cost of the machine and shipping will more then likely almost run you twice what you paid for the gun :whistle:

[Jack Cronkhite]

On the floor plate screws, should I check how tight they are and then if they are tight take them out and see if they align better when swapped? I need to investigate proper disassembly before I just start taking out screws. I would use appropriate screw drivers. I have a set.

Tad: Good that you have the proper screw drivers. Do not tighten the floor plate screws on this gun. They look from the pics to be pretty flush with the plate. The left and right screws (as they sit under the left and right barrels, not as you look at the floor plate) are so far from being aligned with the long axis of the gun, they are most likely in the wrong holes. You can remove these two screws and not have something fall apart inside. I would remove the one under the right barrel first and check if it has a score line across the end. If so, that indicates it should be under the left barrel of the gun and you should swap them. Also, the rear floor plate screw appears over-tightened. You may have to live with that but you could back it off until it too is aligned with the long axis of the gun. If it still feels tight, you are ok but if it feels loose, I would snug it up again.

This image is correct alignment
http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=66&pictureid=639

This image shows the screws removed and the score line for the screw under the left barrel.
http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=128&pictureid=7854

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

good advise! gary

[charlie cleveland]

when the gun is upside down with the gun pointing away from you which barrel is the left and right....charlie

[Jack Cronkhite]

Hi Charlie: Consider the left barrel to always be the left when shooting. Doesn't change if gun is upside down or sideways. Kind of like the driver's side of the car is still the driver's side even when you have slid off the icy road and end up on the roof. Cheers, Jack

[Mike Franzen]

Thanks for posting those pics Jack.

[charlie cleveland]

thanks jack...charlie

[Tad Tadlock]

Thanks for posting that, Jack. That makes it perfectly clear.

Another question for y'all.

This is my first 10 gauge and I'm trying to get set up to load for it.

I happened upon a 5 gallon bucket full of once fired Winchester 2 7/8" blank hulls.

Would these be acceptable to load for my old gun?

[Rick Losey]

read through here and down load Peter's most recent spread sheet

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11403

[wayne goerres]

You should be buying loto tickets. I use once fired Remington hulls but I certainly would not turn down any Winchester hulls.

[Tad Tadlock]

Thanks, Rick and Wayne.